Richard Elliot

Richard Elliot: Crush

by Dave Hughes
September 1, 2001

After a decade-long string of commercially successful albums on Blue Note, smooth sax titan Richard Elliot has jumped to GRP and released his label debut, Crush. Aside from the label, not much has changed. Elliot and his composing/programming/production partners Steven Dubin, Jeff Lorber, Tim Heintz, and Paul Brown still have their collective thumb solidly on the pulse of today’s smooth jazz format. This album should do very well on the airwaves and on the charts.

But this is manufactured music. ...

Richard Elliot Live In Concert In Norfolk on November 4th!

Source: Jay Lang
October 20, 2017

It should come as no surprise to Richard Elliot’s longtime fans that he would, at some point in his career, choose to celebrate funk in such a dedicated, decisive way. It was, after all, with the legendary Tower of Power that many first heard the saxophone virtuosity of Richard Elliot. Although he was born in Scotland and grew up in Los Angeles, where he started playing saxophone while in middle school, his five-year run with the Bay Area Institution ToP ...
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"Boom Town" Takes Soul-Jazz Saxophonist Richard Elliot To #1

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
December 8, 2011

The first single from In The Zone explodes at radio as the album garners acclaim Escondido, CA: Soul-jazz saxman Richard Elliot has been blowing up radio with the funky single Boom Town, which has taken command of Billboards BDSradio.com smooth jazz national airplay chart for the past four weeks. The track, produced by Elliot and fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber, is the debut single from Elliot's October release, In The Zone, and the latest of more than a dozen #1 singles ...
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Saxman Richard Elliot Pays Tribute to His Jazz-Funk Influences on "In the Zone"

Source: Great Scott P.R.oductions
October 12, 2011

Icon celebrates 25 years as a solo artist; radio welcomes “Boom Town" Escondido, CA: A contemporary jazz giant whose power and passion have made the soulful saxophonist into one of the genres most consistent chart-toppers in the 25 years since he released his solo debut, Richard Elliot salutes the instrumental jazz-funk legends from his formative years in the 1970s & 80s that influenced his brand of music on In The Zone, which was released today by Artistry Music (Mack Avenue ...
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Jazz This Week: Norman Brown and Richard Elliot, Denise Thimes, Monterey County All-Star Band, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 23, 2011

It's jazz festival season in many parts of the US and Europe, so touring jazz groups are bit thin on the ground this time of year in non-festival cities like St. Louis. Still, with many local summer free concert series underway and local musicians at the usual venues, there's a pretty decent variety of live jazz happening around town over the next few days. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy upcoming events: On Thursday, the Funky Butt ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Four from Richard Elliot

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
June 12, 2011

Whether headlining his own show, playing with the Jazz Attack package tour, teamed with trumpeter Rick Braun in the group RnR, or in some other configuration, it seems like saxophonist Richard Elliot has turned up in St. Louis every summer in recent years for a gig of some sort. This time around, he'll be sharing a bill with guitarist and singer Norman Brown on Saturday, June 25 at The Pageant. To mark the ...
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Norman Brown, Richard Elliot to Play Saturday, June 25 at the Pageant

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 30, 2011

Guitarist Norman Brown (pictured) and saxophonist Richard Elliot are coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, June 25 at The Pageant. Elliot was here most recently last July to perform at The Pageant on a bill with trumpeter Rick Braun. Brown hasn't been to St. Louis since 2006, when he played a holiday-themed show at the same venue with singer Will Downing and saxophonist Gerald Albright. Along with the Candy Dulfer show announced last week, their concert ...
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Jazz This Week: Kevin Eubanks, Keyon Harrold, RNR with Rick Braun and Richard Elliot, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 28, 2010

This week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis is atypically busy for this time of year, but rather than complain about a surfeit of potential choices, let's go to the highlights:On Thursday, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, back on the road playing jazz again after wrapping up a long stint as bandleader on NBC's Tonight Show, performs at the Casino Queen.Also on Thursday, guitarist Chris Burchett does a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: RNR with Rick Braun and Richard Elliot

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
July 18, 2010

This week, let's check out a sampling of clips featuring trumpeter Rick Braun and saxophonist Richard Elliot, who are coming to St. Louis on Friday, July 30 to perform at the Pageant.Braun and Elliot are longtime friends and collaborators who had enjoyed successful solo careers before teaming up in 2007 under the handle RnR (sometimes written as “RNR" or even “R 'n R"). However you spell it, the duo's funk ...
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STLJN Video Showcase: Richard Elliot Plays "Move on up" and "When a Man Loves a Woman"

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 23, 2009

This week, our video showcase features a couple of clips from saxophonist Richard Elliot, who's coming to the St. Louis area with the Jazz Attack show on Thursday, April 9 to perform at the Ameristar Casino St. Charles' Bottleneck Blues Bar. The 2009 Jazz Attack tour features Elliot, his frequent collaborator Rick Braun on trumpet, and singer/guitarist Jonathan Butler, and odds are that the saxophonist will be working in a number or ...
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Rick Braun & Richard Elliott @ The Keswick Theatre

Source: All About Jazz
July 30, 2008

Rick Braun & Richard Elliott KESWICK THEATRE 291 Keswick Ave., Glenside, PA THURS., AUG. 21, 8:00 PM

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RICK BRAUN & RICHARD ELLIOT's RnR - the smooth jazz CD release of 2007 becomes the can't miss concert of 2008 as two of the world's favorite smooth jazz artists unite at the Keswick Theatre in Glenside on Thurs., Aug. 21 @ 8:00 PM.

With 24 solo albums between them and a massive ...
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